Trump RX dot gov is set to launch tonight and this is what you see when you try to go there now 😭

🚨NEW PAPER ALERT🚨 In new research, we look at how television DTC advertising for hospitals affects Medicare spending. Using political advertising as an instrument, we find advertising expands patient volume and spending on inpatient care

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lol I've said it once before and I'll say it again: People don't trust economists because economists don't talk to people. The only time the public know about what economists are doing is when economic policies are not working. There is very little countering that hence the bad rap.

Dang you caught me 👀

Nathan Miller has been appointed Chief Economist of the Antitrust Division. A great appointment. I note with particular pleasure that before becoming an academic, he was a Staff Economist in the Antitrust Division. www.nathanhmiller.org

The head of CMS is in control of 1/4 of the federal budget…

Post a picture you took (no description) to bring some zen to the timeline.

Huge, huge thanks to @shooshan.bsky.social who took on the work of compiling many more health economists than I had yet added to the Starter Pack. So many names I recognize for early health econ Twitter, and so many new voices that I don't but look forward to hearing from. bsky.app/starter-pack...

State regulators know health insurance directories are full of wrong information. They’re doing little to fix it.

Opening this account for the first time in months, as a newly fresh PhD! Where are my Econ/health policy folks?

I’m not sure I’d recommend doing a half marathon during the job market, but I had fun!

This is so wholesome 😭

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Because this is Philadelphia, I have seen this alligator in person before…

To my health economists, this is also known as the out-of-pocket price game #econsky

Hi all! My name is Sarah Schutz, and I am an health economics PhD candidate at UPenn. My research interests include healthcare competition and the pharmaceutical industry. Using this site for research, but also Phillies updates and finding good eats. I’m also on the job market: sarahdschutz.com